Famous Assassinations Pathfinder

Circulating Books

To find circulating books on your leader check the online catalog. Type in your leader's name.

• Biographies are located in the 921s
• Religious leaders may be located in the 200s
• Political and Social leaders may be located in the 300s
• Leaders in medicine, technology, and music may be located in the 700s

Reference Books

R920 CUR Current Biography Yearbook
R920 GRE Great Lives from History
R920 PEO People in the News
R920.073 RES Research Guide to American Historical Biography

Databases

Biography in Context: contains more than 450,000 biographies on more than 380,000 people.
Biography Reference Center: Trial database from Ebsco.
Student Resources in Context: Gale database covers a wide variety of research topics.
ABC-CLIO: Amercian History and World History databases.
ABC-CLIO E-book Collection: Use Quick Search to locate books on your historical figure.
Gale Virtual Reference Center: Provides a collection of e-books including American Eras, World Eras and the Encyclopedia of World Biography
World Book Encyclopedia

Web Portals

Biography Dictionary
Sweet Search Biographies
Biography.com
Time Magazine: The World's Most Influential People
PBS History
Who2?: Provides links to articles online
Academy of Achievement
BBC Historic Figures
POTUS: Presidents of the United States
Presidents of the United States
Presidential Assassinations